x2gd.12xlarge vs x8g.12xlarge

Instance Typex2gd.12xlargex8g.12xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsIn-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps.

x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive
2 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
12xlarge – Size
In-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps.

x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory768 GiB768 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesx2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlargex8g.12xlarge, x8g.16xlarge, x8g.24xlarge, x8g.2xlarge, x8g.48xlarge, x8g.4xlarge, x8g.8xlarge, x8g.large, x8g.medium, x8g.metal-24xl, x8g.metal-48xl, x8g.xlarge
Variantsx2iezn.12xlargex8aedz.12xlarge, x8i.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 1425 SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput14250 MBps15360 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth14250 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1781.25 Mbps1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth14250 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1781.25 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance20 Gigabit22.5 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.26x

Regional Prices

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Per Hour
Linux
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Geography
Region
x2gd.12xlarge
x8g.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.80005.3390
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a5.6160
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a5.6275
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a6.5544
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)4.00804.6896
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)4.00804.6896
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)4.00804.6896
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